You can see your own country/town viewing times from here
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html
England viewing times here. (select your town/city)
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/region.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England
the ISS makes 1 orbit every 1.5 hours (or there abouts) but takes about 6 weeks to get back to where it started. The further north you are the harder it is to view.
Higher duration times and higher max elevation make it easier to see. Clear skys and not being asleep are a must :o
This is for mine and Datahopa's benifit. Brighton, UK times here
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England&city=Brighton
All are in the wee hours at the mo. I will post when there is a viewing time more convienient to me being up and hopefully clear skys.
Tuesday June 22nd at 01:32 am for Brighton is the best viewing time for the ISS this month.
Not sure if I'll be awake then 'cos I work :(
If you will be up then it will be visible for easily 2 mins and obviously the fastest moving bright dot in the heavens.
The eyeball mark 1 can't ditinguish features but a pair of 10x 40-50mm bins will and 100mm reflector telescope would be lovely :D
Must phone my mate with the 210mm 'scope :P
The next best times are...
Thur June 24th, 00:50
Sat June 26th, 00:08 and 01:43
All times are for Brighton, England in local time (GMT+1). Check links in previous posts to work out your times.
Feel free to post here.
I will be up hoping for clear skies on sat 26th. If you PM me with your mobile number I'll text you when it happens.
Some useful info there Snowcrash, thanks for posting ;)
Doh! Guess who fell asleep?
The ISS has good viewing times all this week here are some...
Mon Jun 28/11:53 PM ok
Tue Jun 29/01:28 AM ok
Tue Jun 29/10:44 PM good
Wed Jun 30/00:20 AM good
Thu Jul 01/10:02 PM good
Thu Jul 01/11:38 PM good
Fri Jul 02/10:29 PM good
Sat Jul 03/00:04 AM ok
Sat Jul 03/10:55 PM good
again, all times for Brighton, UK.
Very good view of the ISS last night at 10:55.
Problems yesterday with the docking of a Soyuz re-supply craft which is to be attempted again today (Sun 4th). What was cool last night is seeing a dimmer dot 15 odd degrees ahead of the ISS.
I have now seen the ISS with a Soyuz. Hurah.
Next viewing times...
Sun Jul 04/09:47 PM ok
Sun Jul 04/11:22 PM ok
Mon Jul 05/10:13 PM good
Tue Jul 06/10:39 PM ok
Times after this are getting poor
The ISS is coming round again...
Next best time from Brighton is
Thu Sep 02/08:52 PM
Click here (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html) to work out your times
The next few viewing times are:-
Sun Sep 05/08:39 PM
Tue Sep 07/07:58 PM
Wed Sep 08/08:25 PM
From Brighton of course.
I removed video due to dead link.
Good viewing and very bright from USA for the ISS this week. Poor from UK.
Check out the times...
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html
The ISS has come round again. Good viewings from the UK this week.
Best time for Brighton, UK is
Fri Apr 08/05:47 AM 5 mins
Sun Apr 10/05:04 AM 5 mins
bit early. There are other times here. (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England&city=Brighton)
And here for main site (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html) to find yours.
Another good time from Brighton is.
Thu Apr 21/09:20 PM 5 mins.
More likely to be awake at this time. Should be some good times in next week or so.
If you would like to post here with your location I'll try and keep you informed of your best times.
I've seen the ISS about 5 times this week. Been clear skies and good viewing from Brighton (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England&city=Brighton), England.
Tue Apr 26 09:54 PM for 3 mins
Wed Apr 27 08:44 PM for 4 mins
Thu Apr 28 09:08 PM for 4 mins
are the next few times from here.
Some handy links are.
Main page to select Country. (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html)
USA (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States)
UK (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+Kingdom)
Australia (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=Australia)
Yes I've been keeping an eye out too this week for the ISS.
I've seen it three or four times - Monday at 21. 28 was bright for about three whole minutes.
My dad nearly fell over when I told him it is travelling at 17, 000 mph, is carrying three personnel and orbits Earth in approx. 1 h 38 m !
Shuttle and ISS viewing on Friday 3rd for UK.
For Brighton at:-
Fri Jun 03/03:36 AM for Shuttle and 03:38 for the ISS. For 4 mins at approx 40 degrees.
Bit early/late for me.
ISS view is better on the Sat.
Sat Jun 04/04:00 AM for 4 min at 76 degrees
Viewing times from UK will get more sociable in about 2-3 weeks
Good viewing times from the UK all this week.
Tonight for Brighton, UK.
Fri Jun 17/11:17 PM for 6 mins
Sat Jun 18/00:53 AM also for 6 mins
Wow! This is a VERY nice resource! Thanks for providing it, Snowcrash. Data, you never told me that you had an astronomy section. I would have been visiting months ago!
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Look at all the wonderfull things you've been missing. :D
Sat Jun 18/10:18 PM for 6 mins
Sat Jun 18/11:54 PM for 6 mins
Sun Jun 19/10:54 PM also 6 mins
Mon Jun 20/09:55 PM again 6 mins
Mon Jun 20/11:31 PM again 6 mins
There are others but these are reasonable times and good viewing.
All from this page for Brighton, UK (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England&city=Brighton).
Other good times links...
Main page to select Country. (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html)
USA (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States)
UK (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+Kingdom)
Australia (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=Australia)
I'm really miffed there are no viewing times for UK and the ISS+Shuttle this week. Wanted to see the last Shuttle with my own Mk1 eyeballs. :-X
Hope the times where you are are better. Previous post has the decent links.
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THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM FRI JUL 08 TO SAT JUL 23
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NO SIGHTINGS AVAILABLE
Not so much, no. :(
Several months back, though, we caught a returning shuttle, visible to the naked eye, moving fast, just past sunset. I had only heard about the pass an hour or so before, and got the whole family outside to watch it. My brother, the eternal kill-joy, asked after it was gone, "was that it?"
No sightings here also, we must view it on a similar track. I think it takes another 2-3 weeks from now to come overhead at night.
Some people just don't get dots moving in the sky and fuzzy blobs in telescopes.
I'm still attempting to get a pic of the Orion nebula. Been trying in a half hearted way for years. I know exatly where it is but have never seen it with my own eyes. And I know Hubble and other 'scopes can take far better pics.
Have been trying to track the ISS with a 'scope but the 'scope gets confused which way round it wants to be as the ISS goes overhead. Good detail, not sure what detail you get through bins.
The constellation of Orion is one of my all time favorite night sky observing items. If you drive a few dozen miles out into the desert to the east of here, from late September until mid March, it provides some excellent viewing. I've only seen the nebulae that live in Orion a few times with the naked eye, and fewer still through binoculars (seeing as how I don't own a pair, I suppose), and it's always been a ghostly grey-pink to me, but I try to see it nearly every time. My family thinks I'm weird that I can name all of the bright stars that outline Orion, but I can't remember half of my cousin's names. :-\
Decent viewing times coming round again. Been quite good for the last week or so but all in the wee hours here.
The next best time for Brighton, UK is...
Thu Aug 18 09:29 PM for 6 mins
Sat Aug 20 09:09 PM for 6 mins
Which is typical 'cos I'll be in a different country.
Dave, please feel free to put best times for you in here. The bits to look out for in the tables is max elevation and duration. I tend to only put the times I'm likely to be awake for.
SATELLITE SIGHTING INFORMATION FOR
***** Carson City *****
LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG)
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8/11-04:55 6 66
8/13-21:10 6 66
8/15-20:50 6 60
I'm afraid I missed the first of these three, since I was still abed, snoozing. I've put the other 2 on my calendar, though. :)
Here's a ground track plot for the night of August 26th
http://www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.asp?date=40781.8663273611&Session=kebgfdhoafhcbpmjnbghdjag&satid=25544 (http://www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.asp?date=40781.8663273611&Session=kebgfdhoafhcbpmjnbghdjag&satid=25544)
It's really worth registering with this website, it gives incredibly detailed times and stats for various awesomeness.
Not posted here for awhile.
Found a new SpaceWeather satallite tracking site.
This is viewing for Brighton, UK (http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/search_results.php?lat=50.8333&long=-0.183333&offset=0&country=GB&state=Brighton%20and%20Hove&city=Hove).
This is the Global site (http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/country.php) and the USA & Canada site (http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/?PHPSESSID=bvqhd0g76sqmppurovue85m1v6).
Best viewing for the ISS from here is 5 am on the 5th of Oct (Wed)
What a shame this couldn't have been last week when the evening skies were clearer. :(
Assuming we get some clear skies, the ISS is visible from the UK and PROGRESS46P will be docking with it.
Times from Brighton here (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England&city=Brighton). Click here (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html) for main page to find nearest place to you.
Good viewing is coming back around again.
First of the good views from the UK, at a decent time will be on...
Thu Aug 09/10:52 PM
With PROGRESS47P not far behind at...
Thu Aug 09/11:26 PM
The ISS is coming round again. Next good views from Brighton are...
Wed Oct 17/07:56 PM
Thu Oct 18/07:07 PM
Fri Oct 19/07:55 PM
Link Here. (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England&city=Brighton)
Dublin Here. (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Ireland®ion=None&city=Dublin)
Pick your country here (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html).
We've got a really good one slated for tonight. Too bad it's raining here, and we'll be covered in clouds. :(
Fri Oct 12/06:52 PM 6 minutes 10 above SW 11 above ENE